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Respectable doctor nags pundit (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

upstanding

'respectable' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'doctor nags pundit' is the wordplay.
'doctor' indicates anagramming the letters.
'nags'+'pundit'='nagspundit'
'nagspundit' with letters rearranged gives 'UPSTANDING'.

(Other definitions for upstanding that I've seen before include "Ready for toast" , "as we must be when the judge appears!" , "Honest, respectable; erect" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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